Nh/OS: Gaza/Lebanon 24/6/2024

this afternoon (monday 24th), 2.36-2.45pm, 5.07-5.18pm, and 5.31pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by tim franks) includes, and bbc os (presented by krupa padhy) leads with, …

“We’ll hear from a former head of the Shin Bet – Israel’s domestic intelligence service.

How concerned is he about an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon?”

“Save the Children says twenty-one thousand children are estimated to be missing in Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• ami ayalon, former head, shin bet

• elizabeth white, save the children

• bbc reporter sebastian usher

• bbc reporter lina sinjab

TGS: Lebanon 13/6/2024

yesterday morning (thursday 13th), 11.32-11.55am, on bbc world service radio

hezbollah: tensions on the israel-lebanon border (in the the global story series) (presented by lucy hockings)

“Ever since Israel launched its Gaza offensive in October, it has also been exchanging fire over its northern border with the Shia militia group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

The Iran-backed Hezbollah are ideologically aligned with Hamas, and say they won’t back down until Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza.

Now, some in the region are concerned increasing tensions could lead to a full-blown ground war.

On Wednesday, Hezbollah confirmed an Israeli airstrike had killed one of its senior field commanders, before responding with its own barrage of rockets.

In Israel, domestic pressure to act is increasing, and arguments for the IDF to engage Hezbollah further have been bolstered in recent weeks by bushfires in the north of the country sparked by rocket-fire.”

including discussion with …

• bbc reporter hugo bachega

• bbc reporter lina sinjab

T: Gaza/Syria 2/4/2024

this morning (tuesday 2nd), 6.03-6.04am, 6.09am, 6.33-6.36am, 7.03-7.04am, 7.13-7.20am, 8.00-8.03am, 8.08-8.09am, 8.10-8.23am, and 8.57-9.00am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by nick robinson and martha kearney) includes …

“Seven aid workers killed in Gaza.

The US-based World Central Kitchen says it is pausing its operations.”

“Israel accused of killing Iranian generals in Iran consulate in Syria.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc reporter sebastian usher

• bbc reporter james landale

• bbc reporter lina sinjab

• james elder, unicef

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• bbc reporter ellie price

• matthew hollingworth, world food programme

• diplomat john sawers

• analyst lina khatib, soas

Nh: Gaza 23/12/2023

this afternoon (saturday 23rd), 1.07-1.19pm, 1.30-1.31pm, and 9.06-9.19pm, on bbc world service radio 

newshour (presented by lyse doucet) leads with …

“Israel presses its military campaign in Gaza against Hamas.

Israel says it has arrested hundreds of suspected Hamas and Islamic Jihad members and has started questioning them.”

including contributions from …

• lana zaki nusseibeh, uae ambassador to un

• carl skau, world food programme

• analyst daniel byman 

• bbc reporter lina sinjab

We: Gaza 23/12/2023

BBC bias: BBC reporter Lina Sinjab explains the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon without mentioning the Arab countries’ attack on Israel.

BBC bias: BBC reporter Lina Sinjab goes to Lebanon to report on Gaza without mentioning Hezbollah, or its current attacks on Israel.

BBC bias: BBC reporter Lina Sinjab goes to Lebanon to report on Gaza without mentioning the tens of thousand of Israeli refugees expelled this year from Northern Israel.

BBC bias: BBC presenter Shaun Ley presents a discussion on “right of return” with no Israeli input.

this morning (saturday 23rd), 6.06-6.18am, 6.30-6.31am, 7.06-7.21am, 7.33-7.48am, and 8.32-8.49am, on bbc world service radio 

weekend (presented by shaun ley) leads with …

“Israel pounds Gaza as UN Security Council calls for more aid.”

including contributions from …

• linda thomas-greenfield, us ambassador to un

• diplomat gilad erdan 

• lana zaki nusseibeh, uae ambassador to un

• activist robert mackay, forensic architecture

• analyst hugh lovatt 

• journalist nataliya vasilyeva

• bbc reporter shaimaa khalil

• abderahman salaheldin, former deputy foreign minister, egypt

• activist loay elbasyouni, palestinian-american space engineer

• bbc reporter lina sinjab

• dorothee klaus, unrwa, lebanon

• mohammad khatib, nakba museum director, beirut

Understand: Syria, Lebanon, Egypt

last thursday afternoon (19th october), 1.45-2.00pm, on bbc radio 4 

the neighbours (4th of 5 episodes in the israel and the palestinians series) (presented by katya adler, with bbc reporter simon williams and bbc reporter lina sinjab)

“How do Lebanon, Hezbollah, Egypt and Jordan, view Israel and the Palestinians?

Katya Adler explains the history of the formation of Hezbollah. and the role it plays in the region.

The US, UK and EU have designated Hezbollah’s military wing as a terrorist organisation but how is it viewed in Lebanon and the region?”

UW: Gaza 2023 2

sunday 15th october, 7.33-7.51pm, on bbc world service radio (repeated from 5.33am, and 11.33am saturday, and on bbc news tv 11.15pm wednesday) 

unspun world (presented by john simpson) leads with …

“Israel declares war on Hamas after deadly attack.

Israel starts ‘a prolonged and powerful campaign’ in Gaza. What will be the consequences?”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• bbc reporter lina sinjab

• bbc reporter baran abbasi

PM/6ocn: Gaza 27/10/2023

yesterday afternoon (friday 27th), 5.00-5.19pm, 5.34-5.35pm, and 6.00-6.11pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by evan davis) and six o’clock news lead with …

“Israel continues its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, a United Nations aid chief says the territory is being ‘strangled’, and conditions for people there are deteriorating.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc reporter james landale

• baroness ashton

• journalist aubrey allegretti, guardian

• bbc reporter chelsea coates

• ahala kassim, amman, from a nablus (west bank) family

• rawaan jamah, amman, from a nablus (west bank) family

• activist manal cortam, beirut, lebanese-palestinian family

• bbc reporter sebastian usher

• bbc reporter lina sinjab

• shaina oppenheimer, bbc monitoring 

• mohaamed abu dakah, gaza

• philippe lazzarini, unrwa

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• avraham burg

• bbc reporter sarah smith

• bbc reporter helen catt

Nd: Gaza 19/10/2023

this morning (thursday 19th), 5.06-5.16am, 5.33-5.43am, 5.51-5.59am, 6.06-6.20pm, 6.30-6.31pm, 6.33-6.47pm, 6.53-6.59pm, 7.06-7.18pm, 7.23-7.29am, 7.30-7.31am, 7.33-7.42am, and 7.52-7.59am, on bbc world service radio (partly repeated from today’s africa daily podcast)

newsday (presented by devina gupta and james copnall) leads with …

“Egypt’s president agrees to open the Rafah crossing, to allow up to 20 trucks of aid into Gaza.”

including contributions from …

• robert silverman, jewish strategic tribune

• shaina low, norwegian refugee council

• doctor marwan abu saadeh

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf

• melanie maron pell, ajc

• bbc reporter paul adams 

• jordanian journalist laith alajlouni

• activist yousef hammash, khan younis 

• sanobel, 16, gaza city

• former us envoy dennis ross 

• bbc reporter dan johnson 

• shira elbag, mother of kidnapped liri, 18

• shlomit kubner, friend of missing maayan hershkovitz

• former egyptian ambassador hussain haridy

• bbc reporter lina sinjab

• bbc reporter katie silver

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• gila fenan, nativa sara 

• mohammed alshurafa

• bbc reporter mimi swaby

• bbc reporter nomia iqbal

• rachel goldberg, mother of hostage hersh goldberg-polin

• gershon baskin

• rachel briggs, clarity factory

OS: Gaza 18/10/2023

this afternoon (wednesday 18th), 4.06-4.18pm, 4.19-4.29pm, 4.30-4.31pm, 4.33-4.49pm, 4.50-4.59pm, 5.06-5.15pm, 5.17-5.29pm, 5.31-5.32pm, 5.33-5.47pm, and 5.49-5.59pm, on bbc world service radio 

bbc os (presented by james reynolds) leads with …

“Gaza hospital attack.”

“Biden: Israel, you’re not alone.”

including contributions from …

• bbc verify reporter paul brown

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

• bbc reporter anna foster

• iris, singapore, daughter of kidnapped parents

• bbc africa reporter calcidan yivaltas

• karen and son yehuda, 14

• joe biden

• bbc reporter lina sinjab

• sanobel, 16, gaza

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• bbc reporter ali abbas ahmadi

• rahav shamali, khan younis

• bbc reporter abdel bazir hassan

• rachel goldberg, mother of hostage hersh goldberg-polin

• ahmed, gaza city

• bbc reporter sebastian usher